2016
TV-MA
Kino Lorber
1 h 42 m

2016
TV-MA
Kino Lorber
1 h 42 m

Summary Tunis, summer 2010, a few months before the Revolution: Farah, 18 years-old, has just graduated and her family already sees her as a future doctor. But she doesn't think the same way. She sings in a political rock band. She has a passion for life, gets drunk, discovers love and her city by night against the will of her mother Hayet, who ...

Directed By: Leyla Bouzid

Written By: Marie-Sophie Chambon, Leyla Bouzid

2016
TV-MA
Kino Lorber
1 h 42 m

2016
TV-MA
Kino Lorber
1 h 42 m

As I Open My Eyes

Name: As I Open My Eyes
Genre: Drama, Music
Released: 2016-09-09
Duration: 1 min 42 s
Rating: 74
Cast: Baya Medhaffar, Ghalia Benali, Montassar Ayari, Lassaad Jamoussi, Aymen Omrani

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 11 Critic Reviews

User Score Generally Favorable Based on 5 User Ratings

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Directed By: Leyla Bouzid

Written By: Marie-Sophie Chambon, Leyla Bouzid

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Aug 18, 2016

As Farah, first-timer Baya Medhaffer is a revelation, managing to combine a zest for life with teenage naiveté.

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Screen Daily

Aug 18, 2016

Leyla Bouzid’s fiercely committed debut should draw plenty of attention not only for the way it deals with the political climate in her homeland but also for how she charts the painful transition of her lead character from outspoken, rebellious adolescence to a more careful and often resigned adulthood.

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Variety

Aug 18, 2016

Sharply yet subtly capturing the atmosphere of fear fostered by the dictatorship of President Ben Ali, this skillfully made drama is especially attuned to the myriad forms of surveillance, from the prurient to the political.

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Boston Globe

Nov 3, 2016

The coming of age is not just that of character but of a whole nation, and despite the mild-seeming moniker, the Jasmine Revolution earned its victories the hard way.

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Los Angeles Times

Oct 5, 2016

Baya Medhaffar inhabits the role of Farah with a blazing exuberance that’s matched by a dynamic sense of place. Director Leyla Bouzid may struggle to shape her narrative in the final reels, but through most of its running time her first feature pulses with in-the-moment vitality.

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Village Voice

Sep 8, 2016

This debut feature earns its grown-up wisdom without selling out its youthful idealism.

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RogerEbert.com

Sep 9, 2016

Curiously, there’s virtually no mention of religion in the film. For that matter, politics creep into the tale only obliquely, and later. It appears we’re meant to understand that the band’s music and Farah’s lyrics have an edge of protest, but this is registered only as a very general sort of frustration and discontent.

By Godfrey Cheshire FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Blue Monday Productions, Propaganda Production, Hélicotronc, Ministère Tunisien de la Culture, L'Aide aux Cinémas du Monde, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC), Ministère des Affaires Étrangères, Centre du Cinéma et de l'Audiovisuel de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, VOO, Visions Sud Est, Sanad Abu Dhabi Film Festival Fund, Ciclic - Région Centre, AFAC - The Arab Fund for Arts and Culture, Dubai International Film Festival, Emergence, Moulin d'Andé-CECI

Release Date Sep 9, 2016

Duration 1 h 42 m

Rating TV-MA

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Website https://www.hakkadistribution.com/hakka-film/a-peine-jouvre-les-yeux/

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Awards

Carthage Film Festival

• 4 Wins & 6 Nominations

Riviera International Film Festival

• 1 Win & 4 Nominations

Venice Film Festival

• 1 Win & 2 Nominations

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Baya Medhaffar

Farah

Ghalia Benali

Hayet

Montassar Ayari

Borhène

Lassaad Jamoussi

Mahmoud

Aymen Omrani

Ali

Deena Abdelwahed

Inès

Youssef Soltana

Ska - le batteur

Marwen Soltana

Sami

Najoua Mathouthi

Ahlem

Younes Ferhi

Moncef

Fethi Akkari

Ighal - le poète du bar

Salwa Mohamed Ali

Hamida

Kais Klaia

Le chauffeur de taxi

Touafik Hammami

Le gardien

Wajdi Cherif

Le dragueur

Jamil Najjar

Policier interrogatoire

Walid Ben Khlifa

Le second policier de l'interrogatoire

Mourad Gharsalli

Un policier

Mhadheb Rmili

Un policier

Nassib Barhoumi

Un policier

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